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L22 - Deep sleep.
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Summary of Motif
Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or a strange character, people fall into a deep sleep; at night, while asleep, they are killed or maimed.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L22 has 2 other sub-motifsL22. Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or a strange character, people fall into a deep sleep; at night, while asleep, they are killed or maimed. L22a. Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or strange character, people fall into a deep sleep and wake up in the morning blind. See motif L22. Among the Watut, Khmou and Trumai, a spirit eats out a person's eyes and they die immediately without waking up). L22B. People who wake up blind in the morning turn into fish, birds or animals. See motif L22. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L22's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L22A | 98.89% | Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or strange character, people fall into a deep sleep and wake up in the morning blind. See motif L22. Among the Watut, Khmou and Trumai, a spirit eats out a person's eyes and they die immediately without waking up). |
| F9D | 98.67% | Small stinging creatures dangerous to the partner are found in the genitals of women or men. |
| L24 | 98.30% | Demons (or one of them) attack people and then hide. People destroy the demons' lair and kill all or most of them by spreading a smoky fire around the demons' refuge. |
| F18B | 97.80% | After intercourse with a forbidden partner (incest, intercourse with an animal or spirit), a man's penis becomes so long that he is forced to carry it in a basket, etc. |
| J43 | 97.29% | To destroy his antagonists, the hero creates edible bait for them, usually a fruit tree on the other side of the river. |
| M107 | 97.29% | A small character kills or maims a large four-legged animal by clinging to its genitals. |
| H30 | 97.20% | When meeting two women (together or one after the other), the hero must or may choose one. Usually, he chooses either the less beautiful or the dangerous one, bringing trouble or misfortune upon himself or upon people in general. |
| A25 | 97.00% | When coming out onto the earth (for the first time or after a global catastrophe) or witnessing the first sunrise, people should not look directly at the light. |
| J68 | 97.00% | Characters who have been chasing an animal for a long time see increasingly fresh droppings on the trail and finally catch up with their prey (usually the droppings correspond to how long they have been lying there); or the pursuers see areas where less time has passed since sowing. |
| L39A | 96.92% | A supernatural character emerges from the underworld and attacks a man who has climbed a tree. |
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This motif has been recorded in 37 traditions: Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Khmu (Kammu), Puoc, Nicobarese, Garo (Atchik), Kachari (Bodo, incl. Lalung), Dimasa, Tripuri, Riang (of Tripura), Khami, Riga, Mori, Scandinavians: early written sources ("Edda"; Saxo Grammaticus etc.); Gothland picture stones; Ancient Germans (Late Bronze Age in Scandinavia), Tagish, Tahltan, Tanana, Iglulik, Tlingit, Menominee, Shasta; Chimariko, Lacandon, Choco: Embera, Nonama (Waunana), XVI century Dabaiba, pre-Columbian iconography of Sinu, Sicuani, Cuiva, Waiwai, Colorado (Tsachila), Siona, Secoya, Coreguaje, Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Karijona, Wanana, Tucano proper, Pira-Tapuya, Arapaso, Letuama, Tanimuca, Ufaina, Yahuna, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Tariana, Yagua, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tenetehara, Shipibo, Conibo, Setebo, Moseten, Chimane, Trumai, Kayabi, Bororo, Caraja, Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite), Nivakle (=Chulupi, Ashluslay, Ajlujlay)